Enewsletter

Notes
from Vegan Outreach

Make Your Mark!

Adopt
a College is in full
swing, with well over 100,000 booklets
handed out already this term.

We have created
a map to track this
semester's leafleting across the
country – take a look! You, too,
can make your mark for the animals!

Would you like to spread the word,
but prefer to join someone else
on your first time leafleting? If
so, please email us (info
(at) veganoutreach (dot) org)
and tell us where you would be able
to leaflet. We'll see if we can
put you in touch with any of our
experienced leafleters.

Product of the Week

Jack: Although there are many fine
sources of vegan shoes, Ragazzi
has a great selection of snazzy
footwear.

The Vegetarian Resource Group will
again be giving two $5,000 college
scholarships to graduating U.S.
high school students who have promoted
vegetarianism in their schools and/or
communities. Deadline is February
20, 2008; more
info.

And if someone described a 7-Eleven
that stocked faux-chicken, seitan
steak, falafel and tofu egg-salad
sandwiches among many other vegan
items, you might logically imagine
it in Berkeley, Calif.; or Austin,
Texas; or Portland, Ore. Yet you'll
find Moshe's brand sandwiches
and healthy snacks at quite a
few 7-Elevens right here in Philly,
including: 16th Street and JFK
Boulevard, 34th Street and Lancaster
Avenue, Ridge Avenue and Walnut
Lane, and Temple University. Full
story.

Notes from Our
Members

At Coastal Carolina
U, lots of folks were
genuinely interested in the booklets!
After talking with two gentlemen
for a few minutes, they said they
had a better opinion of vegans and
vegetarians and would eat more veggie
stuff. A conservative looking guy
said that he and his friend had
decided to cut their meat consumption
in half (New Year's resolution)
and I told him some places to check
out in the area, as well as some
meat substitutes to try. Lots of
sorority women took a booklet; one
sorority woman wearing clothes plastered
with her sorority name told me she
was vegan and thanked me for being
out there. Never seen so many sorority
women interested in going veg, and
a surprising number of conservative-looking
men also expressed interest, too.
Wonderful day!!!! Too many other
positive interactions to note. -Dawn, 1/24/08

At City College of
San Francisco, we
reached over 2,000 students and
had many great interactions. Just
one highlight: Miranda met a woman
who has wanted to go vegetarian
for years, along with her 11 year-old
son. When Miranda gave her a GCFE,
she looked to the sky and said,
“God has answered my prayers!” Many
people who initially automatically
refused booklets then wanted them
after seeing what they were about.-Miranda Robbins and
Victor Tsou, 1/30/08

Last week at Florida
Community College
in Jacksonville, I had a girl come
up to me and thank me for a Try
Vegetarian booklet I handed
her in December. She told me it
was because of the book that she
went vegetarian and is now vegan.
Not only that, but she took it upon
herself to speak to the manager
of the school cafeteria, and they
now serve a vegan burger and are
looking into more vegan options!-Seth Charles, 1/21/08

Today at LaGuardia
Community Collegewas a really awesome day of
outreach, despite the fact that
it was absolutely freezing. Pretty
great rate of acceptance, and a
nearby high school let out in the
afternoon, making things interesting.
We saw dozens of people reading
the brochures and discussing them
intently, and met some people who
told me they would be going vegetarian
after having read the material.
Many other great interactions, including
one high school girl squealed and
screamed "OH MY GOD I LOVE
YOU I LOVE YOU!" when she got
a brochure.
While
some of the high school students
shrieked in horror, some also came
running back after they saw what
their friends received, and one
even said "Give me one, I want
to help animals!" One really
enthusiastic young man gave me his
email address and said he's "been
vegetarian for a while but finally
now ready to reach out to others."
He's going to hopefully catch up
with some of the meet-up groups
in Brooklyn and Manhattan, in addition
to maybe joining us at a later leafleting
date.-Eileen Botti &
Jenna Calabrese (at right), 1/31/08

Thank you so much for
all the hard work you do on behalf
of animals. Your organization, with
its positive message and wealth
of terrific information, is the
reason I'm committed to making an
effort to be vegan. Your message
helps keep me on track by pointing
out that, although veganism may
seem like a big step, any kindness
is worthwhile which we can give
to the animals who are now suffering
simply to satisfy our cravings for
unhealthy food.-MS, 1/25/08

Vegan Outreach was
the reason I stopped
eating meat and eggs about 5 years
ago. Thank you; it's a great thing
that you're doing.-AL, 1/23/08

Vegan Outreach is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the suffering of farmed animals by promoting informed, ethical eating.